Sai Krishna Kothapalli

Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India9 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a leading cybersecurity firm.
Editor of the largest InfoSec publication on Medium.
Organized live hacking events with government entities.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with a focus on vulnerability management and event coordination.

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Skills

Core Skills

CybersecurityVulnerability Assessment

Other Skills

Penetration TestingNetwork SecurityWeb Application SecurityEvent ManagementHTMLPythonC++LinuxCSSJavaJavaScriptPowerPointWindowsMicrosoft ExcelAndroid Testing

About

I'm the Founder/CEO of Hackrew, the cybersecurity firm helping companies keep their data secure. Hackrew helps companies identify and remedy the security blind spots in their online infrastructure. We act as the shadow security team and facilitate fixing these vulnerabilities. Essentially, we take care of the end-to-end security needs of our customers. Hackrew also organizes live hacking events in association with various state government and other government entities in India where hundreds of independent security researchers join and discover critical vulnerabilities that are immediately patched. I am the owner and chief editor of InfoSec Writeups, the largest InfoSec-related publication on Medium with 50,000+ followers. Started in 2017, Infosec Writeups has now grown to become one of the go-to places for any infosec-related resources on the internet. I did my Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT - Guwahati, 2013-17 batch. I'm passionate about finding creative solutions to existing problems, and that's how the vision for Hackrew took root in my brain. We've since worked with 30+ companies based in the US, Australia, and India, and currently have a 6-member team working full-time for keeping the business and customer data of our clients secure.

Experience

Healome one pvt. ltd.

Co-Founder

Sep 2021 – Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Healome organizes your health information, lets you track and optimize your health, and get preventative value-based care.

Hackrew

Founder / CEO

Aug 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 8 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area · Hybrid

Making cybersecurity more accessible across the internet. We help deep-tech companies in focused domains like healthcare, e-commerce, gaming, blockchain, machine learning, oil and natural gas to keep their and their customers' data secure.

CybersecurityVulnerability AssessmentPenetration TestingNetwork SecurityWeb Application Security

Infosec writeups publication

Editor

Dec 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos · India

A collection of awesome cybersecurity write-ups from best hackers in topics ranging from bug bounties, CTFs, vulnhub machines, hardware challenges, real-life encounters and everything else which can help other enthusiasts to learn.

Owasp foundation

Student Chapter Lead

Jul 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · Dispur, Assam, India

OWASP student cybersecurity chapter leader at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India for 2 years. As a part of this, I organised multiple workshops and talks related to web security. I motivated students to take part in various CTF contests and start their careers in security. In collaboration with various other events, I invited speakers to give lectures on web application security and bug bounties.

Indian institute of technology, guwahati

2 roles

Back End Developer Intern

May 2016 – Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Dispur, Assam, India

Full Stack Developer for the Student's Web Committee.
Developed and Deployed various web apps for the Institute which include:
1. G-Forms: Back-end developer for form making and response storing app for the intranet.
2. Freshers Dashboard: Fresher's Portal and Dashboard to facilitate login and profile updates for institute records. Where they can choose their Email IDs and provide data for ID cards.

Placement Coordinator

Apr 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr · Dispur, Assam, India

Responsibilities:
Coordinating with CSE department students and with the office staff and organizing both the Internship and Placement drives conducted at IIT Guwahati by more than 150 companies for more than 1500 students on campus.
Establishing new while nurturing existing relations with numerous firms, companies and organizations in and out of India.
Providing technical support like internet access etc for the companies visiting for recruitment.
Planning and executing various Training and Preparation Activities to help the students undergo a smooth transition from an Academic to a Corporate environment.